My Travels Around The World
October 2025
Day 4: Versailles, Seine River Night Cruise
Ash went to the bakery to get more goodies for breakfast. Everyone was up and ready to go for our 8am departure after food and [...]
Day 3: d’Orsay Museum, Montmartre
Everyone got decent sleep and was up and ready to go early. Ash, Mark, Sherry and I went out about 7am to walk Zeus and [...]
Day 2: A failed Louvre attempt; Grande Arche & Champs Elysees
This entry is for Monday, October 20, 2025. The gang had mixed sleep results Sunday night, with jet lag hitting some worse than others. But [...]
Day 1: Walking Paris
This is for Sunday, October 19, 2025. Ash and I left around 7:20am to take the van back to the airport rental center. No problems [...]
2025 Paris: Departure, Monet’s Gardens
We tend to plan travel a year in advance, and by this time in 2024 we already had the Africa trip planned, which we did [...]
August 2025
2025 Africa: The Way Home; Final Thoughts
We skipped the safari activity this morning because it would have been too hectic to do a shortened version of that, then finish packing and [...]
July 2025
Day 10: Okavango Delta, Part 3
This entry is for Thursday, July 31, 2025. It is a bit after Noon as I sit here with this view to write about the [...]
Day 9: Okavango Delta, Part 2
This is for Wednesday, July 30, 2025. It’s 12:20pm as I start on the first half of the day. This is my view at the [...]
Day 8: Okavango Delta, Part 1
This post is for Tuesday, July 29, 2025. We are at Moremi Crossing. They have added technology since we were here in June 2023. We [...]
Off the grid for the next few days
We are off the grid for the next few days.
Day 7: Mozambique to Botswana
An easy travel day with a lovely evening in Maun.
Day 6: Lunch with a view; animals; 2 police shakedowns
I don’t think I’ve ever been this glad to be back in my hotel room. The entire day was filled with various cash and currency [...]
Day 5: An aborted border crossing; In the Neighborhood
A stress-inducing morning was balanced out by a relaxing afternoon and evening in the neighborhood of our hotel.
Day 4: Around Maputo
I woke up at 3 AM and was unsuccessful getting back to sleep so I gave up about 4. Ash managed to sleep until 5:30. [...]
Day 3: Date night in Maputo
After spending the entire morning in the car, we relaxed this afternoon and had a wonderful meal in the evening. Probably the best of our trip so far.
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